We’ve cooked in these pans for months. They’ve fed us out West as we hiked National Parks, they’ve made some pretty darn tasty burritos after a day of hiking and exploring. They’ve whipped up the best stir fry of fresh veggies a person can eat over a campfire after a long day! We trust them to feed us well! They’ve had their moment to shine and work hard, but they didn’t make it far on the Appalachian Trail! After a few weeks of heating rice and beans and lugging them in our ever so heavy packs, we sent them home. (We hope they are resting quietly and awaiting another adventure and don’t know we are still out here!)
There’s a new chef in town and he’s called, “Freezer Bag Cooking!” (FBC) Basically, freezer bag meals contain all your proteins, carbs, fats in one bag that reconstitute with hot water and make a tasty meal! We found if you start with a great list of basic meals you can easily adapt to your food likes/dislikes. Most basic group of recipes we found to start with can be found on Trail Cooking https://trailcooking.com/recipe-home/.
Check them out and we will share our favorites and how we made them just like home when on the trail!
Once you get started you realize the lightweight bags of ready to eat food by just adding water are the perfect end to a long day of hiking. No fire – no heating up the pan… just boil up your water and let sit while you set up your tent and presto… Dinner!
from the other side 